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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="http://hrdailyadvisor.blr.com/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title> The New 'Wage Slaves': Readers Talk Back</title><link>http://hrdailyadvisor.blr.com/archive/2008/05/02/Epinions_exempt_Nonexempt_Compensation_Retention_Employee_Policies.aspx</link><description>A few weeks ago, BLR's CEO wrote an e-pinion in this space called "BlackBerry® at the Beach," a reference to expectations that workers be available 24/7/365. He expressed his e-pinion that lower level exempts, ineligible for overtime, are the new "wage</description><dc:language>en-US</dc:language><generator>CommunityServer 2.0 (Debug Build: 60217.2664)</generator><item><title>re:  The New 'Wage Slaves': Readers Talk Back</title><link>http://hrdailyadvisor.blr.com/archive/2008/05/02/Epinions_exempt_Nonexempt_Compensation_Retention_Employee_Policies.aspx#1332</link><pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2009 21:44:58 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">d41f1d89-8bcd-45c6-82d9-dc5c7ed081a0:1332</guid><dc:creator>Esmeralda Franco</dc:creator><description>I'm new to the HR world. Our company has a few exempt employees. One of them gets deducted if she calls in sick or leaves early to attend to sick children or emergency. She also stays late a lot, sometime doesn't take lunch. Is it ok for the employer</description></item></channel></rss>